hollyfield is live at glide memorial church in san francisco. >> reporter: check out the crowd behind me this is ellis street they had to shutdown to accommodate all the people lining up. they've created a maze with bar kays to handle owl of the people -- with barricades to handle all of the people. the line started last night after dinner. it doesn't surprise glide officials they say the need is high and especially great among seniors. what did surprise glide officials this year are the donations they say they are down. >> donations in general it is still tough. i think people were waiting until after election some people waiting to find out what is going to happen with the financial cliff it is not like individuals are giving as strongly as they have in the past. >> reporter: here's the food they will be handing out it fills up a room, rice, canned goods, turkey or chicken. they plan to hand out 5500 bags of food, starting at 7:30. i have the bag here, substantially size, they can get a lot of food in there this is possible because of corporate donors, their names are on the bag, gap,